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Plate with Easy Creamy Penne Alla Vodka Recipe, with a spoon, and grated parmesan cheese

Easy Creamy Penne Alla Vodka

Add this easy, creamy penne alla vodka recipe to your pasta repertory. It’s a light and tangy version of the classic dish, made with vodka, tomatoes, penne pasta, and half & half.

Filed Under: Beginner, Main Course, Popular, Under 30 min

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White plate with Spring Risotto With Peas and Corn, topped with micro greens, creme fraiche and ground black pepper

Spring Risotto With Peas and Corn

Quick, creamy, and comforting! Make this spring risotto with just basic ingredients like arborio rice, peas, and corn, and sit down to eat in about 30 minutes.

Filed Under: Beginner, Gluten-Free, Main Course, Popular, Under 60 min

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Crustless carrot zucchini quiche in a baking dish, on top of a blue/white kitchen towel

Crustless Carrot Zucchini Quiche

Five simple ingredients shine in this delicious breakfast or brunch dish.

Filed Under: Beginner, Breakfast, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Main Course, Paleo, Popular, Under 60 min

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Bowls with Bircher Muesli (overnight oats), peeled apple, spoons, fresh figs, pomegranate seeds, and yogurt

GF & Vegan Bircher Muesli (Overnight Oats)

Light, nutritious breakfast made by soaking rolled oats, dried fruit and nuts in a dairy-free milk and orange juice. Top with fresh fruit and vegan yogurt.

Filed Under: Beginner, Breakfast, Dairy-Free, Featured, Gluten-Free, Over 1 hour, Popular, Vegan

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Plate of harira, a North African stew made with chickpeas, lentils, rice and vegetables. Served with sauerkraut and yogurt, from verygoodcook.com

Harira: Moroccan Vegetable Soup-Stew

Moroccan Harira is a thick soup made with chickpeas, brown rice, red lentils, and vegetables. Scented with aromatic spices, it makes an easy and tasty vegan weeknight dinner. If you ever crave a filling, comforting plant-based dish that doesn’t completely weigh you down, then this one is for you. There are many versions of harira—mine […]

Filed Under: Beginner, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Main Course, Popular, Under 60 min, Vegan

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Black cast iron pan with vegan tempeh Bolognese pasta sauce, spaghetti and grated parmesan cheese.

Tempeh Bolognese Pasta Sauce

Calling all vegans, vegetarians and Italian-food lovers. Make this easy Bolognese pasta sauce using grated tempeh. Comforting dish that tastes as good as the original.

Filed Under: Beginner, Dairy-Free, Main Course, Over 1 hour, Popular, Vegan

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slices of strawberry/blueberry/apricot kolache

Kolache (Koláče)

Totally addictive, mouth-watering classic Czech pastry made with fruit and streusel topping

Filed Under: Advanced, Czech, Over 1 hour, Popular, Sweet

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Czech potato pancakes (bramboráky) from verygoodcook.com

Czech Potato Pancakes (Bramboráky)

Bramboráky are the Czech version of potato latkes. This traditional family recipe is easy to make. Load your Czech Potato Pancakes with garlic, marjoram, and caraway seeds and start salivating. I have sweet memories of my grandma frying up a big pile of these pancakes—called bramboráky in Czech—for dinner for me and my cousins, when […]

Filed Under: Beginner, Czech, Dairy-Free, Featured, Main Course, Popular, Under 30 min

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slices of strawberry/blueberry/apricot kolache

Kolache (Koláče)

Plate of harira, a North African stew made with chickpeas, lentils, rice and vegetables. Served with sauerkraut and yogurt, from verygoodcook.com

Harira: Moroccan Vegetable Soup-Stew

Plate with Easy Creamy Penne Alla Vodka Recipe, with a spoon, and grated parmesan cheese

Easy Creamy Penne Alla Vodka

White plate with Spring Risotto With Peas and Corn, topped with micro greens, creme fraiche and ground black pepper

Spring Risotto With Peas and Corn

Czech potato pancakes (bramboráky) from verygoodcook.com

Czech Potato Pancakes (Bramboráky)

Crustless carrot zucchini quiche in a baking dish, on top of a blue/white kitchen towel

Crustless Carrot Zucchini Quiche

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